Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Humanity has decided to yawn and let the real and present dangers of climate
change mount. ... Judged by the world’s inaction, climate skeptics have
won..., however rational it may be to seek to lower the risk of catastrophic
outcomes, this is not what is happening now or seems likely to happen in the
foreseeable future. ...

The attempt to shift our choices away from the ones now driving
ever-rising emissions has failed. It will, for now, continue to fail. The
reasons for this failure are deep-seated. Only the threat of more imminent
disaster is likely to change this and, by then, it may well be too late.
This is a depressing truth. It may also prove a damning failure.

As he says, it's not too late, "Unless the most apocalyptic scenario happens,
humanity may be able to curb emissions and buy itself time," but the clock is
running and it's hard to see how meaningful change will come about without substantial changes in the political environment. Gridlock favors the skeptics.

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Humanity has decided to yawn and let the real and present dangers of climate
change mount. ... Judged by the world’s inaction, climate skeptics have
won..., however rational it may be to seek to lower the risk of catastrophic
outcomes, this is not what is happening now or seems likely to happen in the
foreseeable future. ...

The attempt to shift our choices away from the ones now driving
ever-rising emissions has failed. It will, for now, continue to fail. The
reasons for this failure are deep-seated. Only the threat of more imminent
disaster is likely to change this and, by then, it may well be too late.
This is a depressing truth. It may also prove a damning failure.

As he says, it's not too late, "Unless the most apocalyptic scenario happens,
humanity may be able to curb emissions and buy itself time," but the clock is
running and it's hard to see how meaningful change will come about without substantial changes in the political environment. Gridlock favors the skeptics.